IN-PLAY CAMERA ASSOCIATED WITH HEADGEAR USED IN SPORTING EVENTS AND CONFIGURED TO PROVIDE WIRELESS TRANSMISSION OF CAPTURED VIDEO FOR BROADCAST TO AND DISPLAY AT REMOTE VIDEO MONITORS

• US 20090141130A1
• Filed: 10/27/2008
• Published: 06/04/2009
• Est. Priority Date: 10/26/2000
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Front Row Technologies LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Original Assignee: Front Row Technologies LLC (Ortiz & Lopez PLLC)
• Inventors: Ortiz, Luis M.
• Granted Patent: US 8,319,845 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/159
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 67/12 specially adapted for proprietary or special-purpose networking environments, e.g. medical networks, sensor networks, networks in vehicles or remote metering networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04L 69/329 in the application layer [OSI layer 7]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/21805 enabling multiple viewpoints, e.g. using a plurality of cameras
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/2187 Live feed
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4126 The peripheral being portable, e.g. PDAs or mobile phones
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4181 for conditional access
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4263 involving specific tuning arrangements, e.g. two tuners
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4312 involving specific graphical features, e.g. screen layout, special fonts or colors, blinking icons, highlights or animations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4314 for fitting data in a restricted space on the screen, e.g. EPG data in a rectangular grid
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47202 for requesting content on demand, e.g. video on demand
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/47815 Electronic shopping payment schemes, payment architectures or payment protocols for electronic shopping systems G06Q20/12
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/6131 involving transmission via a mobile phone network wireless downlink channel access H04W74/006
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/8126 involving additional data, e.g. news, sports, stocks, weather forecasts
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/698 for achieving an enlarged field of view, e.g. panoramic image capture
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/38 Transmitter circuitry for the transmission of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/44 Receiver circuitry for the reception of television signals according to analogue transmission standards H04N5/14 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/18 Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast

Abstract

System and method for capturing visual perspectives of live activities at an entertainment venue with wireless in-play video cameras associated with user equipment for transmission to enterprise equipment for processing and broadcast to remote video monitors for display. Video recording can be from more than one entertainment venue or can be more than one wireless in-play video camera. Remote video monitors can be venue-based hand held devices or video monitors used at home. Remote video monitors can include hand held devices and high definition televisions (e.g., HDTVs) including flat panel display screens therein. A user can select from more than one view from video cameras that the user wants displayed on the remote viewer, enabling a user of the remote video monitor to view more than one camera view through the remote viewer at a time simultaneously.

Claims

1. A method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors, said method comprising the steps of:

providing at least one wireless in-play video camera in association with personal equipment for a participant in a live activity at an entertainment venue;

capturing video of the live activity with said at least one wireless in-play video camera; and

transmitting the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera to enterprise equipment located at the live entertainment venue for processing.

2. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 1, further comprising the step of processing the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera for broadcast to remote video monitors.

3. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 2, further comprising the step of broadcasting the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera and processed by said enterprise equipment to remote video monitors.

4. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

receiving the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera at a remote video monitor;

processing said at least two video camera perspectives for user selected single or simultaneous display on said remote video monitor; and

displaying at least one video camera perspective on said remote video monitor in response to a user selection of said at least one video camera perspective from the at least two video camera perspectives.

5. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 3, further comprising the steps of:

receiving the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera at a remote video monitor; and

processing said at least two video camera perspectives for user selected single or simultaneous display on said remote video monitor.

7. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 1, wherein said remote video monitor comprises at least one of:

a hand held device and high definition television.

8. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 5, wherein said remote video monitor comprises at least one of:

a hand held device and high definition television.

9. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 1, wherein video camera perspectives are provided to said remote video monitors from activities at more than one entertainment venue.

6. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 55 further comprising the step of displaying at least one video camera perspective on said remote video monitor in response to a user selection of said at least one video camera perspective from the at least two video camera perspectives.

10. A method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors, said method comprising the steps of:

providing at least one wireless in-play video camera in association with headgear worn by a participant of a live activity at an entertainment venue;

capturing video of the live activity with said at least one wireless in-play video camera; and

transmitting the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera to enterprise equipment located at the live entertainment venue for processing.

11. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 10, further comprising the step of processing the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera for broadcast to remote video monitors.

12. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 11, further comprising the step of broadcasting the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera and processed by said enterprise equipment to remote video monitors.

13. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

receiving the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera at a remote video monitor;

processing said at least two video camera perspectives for user selected single or simultaneous display on said remote video monitor; and

displaying at least one video camera perspective on said remote video monitor in response to a user selection of said at least one video camera perspective from the at least two video camera perspectives.

14. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 12, further comprising the steps of:

receiving the video captured by said at least one wireless in-play video camera at a remote video monitor; and

processing said at least two video camera perspectives for user selected single or simultaneous display on said remote video monitor.

15. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 14, further comprising the step of displaying at least one video camera perspective on said remote video monitor in response to a user selection of said at least one video camera perspective from the at least two video camera perspectives.

16. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 13, wherein said remote video monitor comprises at least one of:

a hand held device and high definition television.

17. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 14, wherein said remote video monitor comprises at least one of:

a hand held device and high definition television.

18. The method for providing video camera perspectives recorded from live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors in claim 13, wherein video camera perspectives are provided to said remote video monitors from activities at more than one entertainment venue.

19. A wireless in-play video camera configured to provide visual perspectives captured of live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors, comprising:

user equipment associated with a participant of a live activity at a live entertainment venue; and

a wireless video camera integrated with said user equipment, said wireless camera configured to capture visual perspective of the live activity in the entertainment venue and transmit captured visual perspectives to enterprise equipment located within the entertainment venue.

20. The wireless in-play video camera configured to provide visual perspectives captured of live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors of claim 19, wherein said user equipment includes headgear.

21. The wireless in-play video camera configured to provide visual perspectives captured of live activities at entertainment venues for display at remote video monitors of claim 19, wherein said user equipment includes at least one of a football helmet or a racing helmet.